Five People Hurt in Escalator Tumble

By Chris Gordon, WRC News

August 9, 2012 Updated Aug 8, 2012 at 6:51 PM PDT

Five people were injured while riding a Washington, DC Metro escalator Tuesday morning at the L'Enfant Plaza station, according to the transit agency.

Metro said that at about 8:30 a.m. a customer’s bag or garment was caught in the side of the escalator at L’Enfant Plaza, which caused others to lose their balance and fall.

There were five people injured -- three were taken to a local hospital with cuts and scrapes and two were treated at the scene.

The escalator is being inspected.

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